FILIPEK v. MOORE-McCORMACK LINES

Civ. No. 13440.

156 F.Supp. 854 (1957)

Walter FILIPEK, Plaintiff, v. MOORE-McCORMACK LINES, Inc., Defendant and Third Party Plaintiff, EASTERN RIGGING CORP., Third Party Defendant.

United States District Court E. D. New York.

November 8, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Klein & Ruderman, New York City, for plaintiff. James W. Forsyth, Staten Island, N. Y., of counsel.

Kirlin, Campbell & Keating, New York City, for defendant and third party plaintiff. Walter X. Connor, Thomas F. Feeney, New York City, of counsel.

Lawless & Lynch, Purdy, Lamb & Catoggio, New York City, for third party defendant. Edmund F. Lamb, New York City, of counsel.


BRUCHHAUSEN, District Judge.

After a seven days trial, the jury rendered a verdict in favor of the plaintiff and against the defendant, also suing as a third party plaintiff, in the sum of $47,500 and absolved the third party defendant of liability.

The defendant-third party plaintiff now moves for a directed verdict in its favor and for alternative relief.

The action was instituted by the plaintiff, a ship's rigger and boom tester, against Moore-McCormack...

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